Re: irc and public wifi access points

>>>>> "s" == s mintier <smintier-/[email protected]> writes:

s> So I am sitting here at Stumptown downtown, and I can't connect to
s> IRC (or use any chat clients).I'm guessing they are port
s> blocking. I've tried to change ports with no success.Any ideas on
s> how to further investigate and/or get past this.

Stumptown isn't a PTP node anymore, so we have no inside information.

You can use tcptraceroute to check this sort of thing:

  # tcptraceroute irc.personaltelco.net 6667

If that port is indeed being blocked, you can try ssh tunneling
(assuming you have an ssh'able account somewhere you can connect to),
like so:

  $ ssh -L 6667:irc.personaltelco.net:6667 <remote-host>

and then connect your irc client to localhost's port 6667.  The first
6667 in that command is the port on the localhost.  The second 6667 is
the port on irc.personaltelco.net, and <remote-host> is the host that
you have the ssh'able account on.


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